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THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC
THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $549,680 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($274,675). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $550k
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What The Keaton F Coker Foundation Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to come alongside families in an effort to make memories that transcend time. We seek to encourage and strengthen families with school-aged children where a parent or child has cancer. Our focus is to battle fear by infusing hope, inspiring laughter, and instilling an eternal perspective in each family we serve.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2023, thumbs up mission reached several notable milestones: (1) we served our 1000th guest family (2) we set yet another record for donations at our annual fundraiser, dressed to kill cancer (3) we hired an additional full-time employee and (4) we received a donation that will enable us to broaden our ministry reach. The paragraphs below expound on those major milestones. We hosted two successful retreats in 2023. Our first was in february at great wolf lodge in lagrange, ga. We had 78 guest families in attendance comprised of 366 individuals. At that retreat, we marveled at the way god has accomplished so much more through thumbs up mission than we ever dreamed. The ellinburg family from valdosta was officially our 1000th family served cancer patient, 7-year-old amelia ellinburg, was celebrated on stage along with the rest of her family. As a staff, it was a moment to pause and reflect and offer thanks to god for expanding the reach of our organization beyond anything our earthly plans mapped out. In november we hosted our second retreat, also at great wolf lodge. We had 84 families at this retreat comprised of 352 individuals. Another notable milestone was reached at that…
$449,065 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $449,065.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $3.7M (+221%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
84% of THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Veronica Read
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $45k → $104k.
10 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 83% · 2019 51% · 2020 49% · 2021 73% · 2022 60% · 2023 32% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
44% of THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
88% of THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $65k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $485k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC?
- THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $549,680 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($274,675). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $549,680 in grants to THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $274,675 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing